Vickie's Viewpoint

Most people do not realize or consider the emotional and practical impact fear has on our daily lives and businesses. Yet fear impacts everything from our personal relationships to our self-esteem to our health and that of our company’s bottom line.

Think fear is your own private, locked-away misery? Let’s consider all the ways that fear is cutting you off from your intuition, sacrificing your happiness and causing conflict in your life right now?

FEAR CAN CAUSE US TO…

1. Not pursue our DREAMS or not know what our DREAMS are
2. Feel LOUSY
3. Not SLEEP well
4. Have CONFLICT with others
5. Stay overly BUSY
6. Be easily DECEIVED by others
7. Stop making DECISIONS
8. Make SACRIFICES to please someone
9. Become PARALYZED
10. Turn into PERFECTIONISTS
11. DEFLECT gifts or compliments from others
12. Become upset over CHANGE
13. Spend a lot of time putting out FIRES
14. DEPRIVE ourselves of the thing we want
15. JUDGE others
16. APOLOGIZE for our actions when no apology is needed
17. Be UNPLEASANT to be around
18. Get DISTRACTED easily
19. Become ILL
20. COMPLAIN
21. Use food, smoking, exercise, work or anything else to RELIEVE stress
22. PROCRASTINATE
23. Do things only out of OBLIGATION
24. DEFEND our decisions
25. Feel INTIMATED when we’re around others
26. Feel our REPUTATION is overly important
27. Avoid being around NEGATIVE people
28. Feel EXHAUSTED
29. AVOID discussing misunderstandings
30. Not APPRECIATE what we have
31. Become GREEDY or selfish
32. Find it difficult to get rid of our THINGS
33. Shrink from PROMOTING ourselves, our ideas or our products
34. Feel HOPELESS
35. Talk about our PROBLEMS all the time to anyone who will listen
36. Try to IMPRESS others
37. Have a hard time saying “NO”
38. Block our INTUITION

Without fear we could hear our intuition every minute of the day. Without fear we could have the perfect job. Without fear we could have pleasant relationships with everyone we meet. Without fear we could get crystal clear on what our dreams really are. Without fear we would have great self-esteem. Without fear we could be HAPPY.

Is your financial situation getting worse by the day? Are you having a hard time finding a job because you aren’t willing to change careers or move to a different city? Is your business suffering because you don’t want to change the way you market or what products you’re selling?

I came to a crossroads several months ago.

Clients were starting to drop off faster than I added them, something I was not use too. The old standbys of networking and asking for referrals were not as effective as before. Other life coaches and business coaches began to buzz about getting clients off the internet.

I had to ask myself, were most of my earning problems worse by my reluctance to change? Could I avoid earning problems altogether, if I started to embrace change?

Here Are Some Signs Your Reluctance to Change Could Be Causing Your Earning Problems-

When you…

1. Are adamant on doing things the way you’ve always done them.
2. Operate mostly on auto-pilot.
3. Refuse to listen to others or try new things.
4. Get upset when something does change.
5. Recreate the same old earning problems year after year.
6. Sit on the sidelines and watch others move ahead.
7. Don’t know if you have intuition.

Ways to Embrace Change-

1. Hire a life coach or business coach.
2. Learn new things daily.
3. Keep trying new things. Don’t stop.
4. Know that change is guaranteed and it’s a good thing. It’s a way to keep growing.
5. Realize fear of change is making the problem worse, if not causing it. Then place getting out of fear your highest priority.
6. Increase your faith. Nothing changes unless something better is coming.
7. Use our intuition daily.
8. Treat change as an adventure. If we make change a habit, we will have an exciting, fun life.

Instead of sitting on the sidelines and watching others succeed, I made the decision to embrace change. I learned everything I could on internet marketing and hired people to help. Now I’m getting almost all of my new life coaching and business coaching clients from internet searches.

Is your intuition telling you that you need to embrace change?  Sometimes an earning problem is no more than a reluctance to change.

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Maybe you have overcome a fear to change and reaped the rewards. Or put your faith in a feeling that was telling you to change and had things turn around.  Or maybe you’re still confused about whether a failure to change is causing earning problems.  Share your experiences, questions and thoughts below.

It’s easy to get distracted just trying to earn a living, and put your dream job on the back burner. We can use several excuses; the economy is in crisis, I’m lucky to have a job, I don’t know what my dream job is, I don’t have the money to get retrained, or I’m waiting until my children graduate from high school. No matter what the excuse or excuses are, there are added benefits to it.

Here are Some of the Benefits of Not Going After
Your Dream Job

You can…

1. Spend endless hours daydreaming about winning the lotto and quitting your job.
2. Live for the weekends.
3. Save money by not hiring a life coach or career coach.
4. Keep believing security and the money are more important than enjoying life.
5. Get your thrills from putting out fires instead of seeking your dream job.
6. Look forward to retirement and growing old.
7. Continue to complain rather than take responsibility for your life.
8. Stay in your comfort zone.
9. Save time and the hassle of trying to listen to your intuition.
10. Use the stress at work as an excuse for a shopping spree or that extra scoop of ice cream.
11. Live through others’ dreams because you have none of your own.
12. Focus on finding things that are wrong and fixing them rather than work on achieving your dreams.

If you are waiting for the perfect time, it will never come.  It’s NOW.  Just drop the excuses and start!

For more information on jobs, check out Vickie Champion’s Article Use Your Intuition to Find the Perfect Job in a Down Economy!

You can contact Vickie Champion for a complimentary coaching and consulting session.

The Anatomy of Gut Instinct

We’re under more stress than ever before as the economic meltdown has affected everybody in some way or another. We are losing jobs at a record clip. Entire industries are becoming extinct overnight.  Families are being forced from their foreclosed homes. Because of these hard realities, relationships with family and friends are suffering and so is our mental, emotional and physical health.

Everyone is feeling confused, lost and afraid. It’s hard to know what direction to go in. So now it’s more important than ever to rely on your intuition…

What is the Definition of Intuition?

Intuition can be described as a…

• Sense
• Feeling
• Knowing
• Gut instinct
• Hunch
• Inner voice
• Awareness

What are the Advantages of Listening to Our Intuition?

• We’re Happier
• Life is easier
• Everyone wins, no one loses

An Easy Explanation of Intuition

As a life coach, I often share this simple analogy about intuition with my clients:
We are all going up the mountain. We can either take the bumpy, rough, winding road, full of obstacles or the smooth, straight road, with pleasant surroundings.

Have you ever said to yourself, “I knew that, I just didn’t listen?” Or felt a feeling in your stomach, a sick feeling, that seemed to be telling you, No! That’s gut instinct or intuition. We all learn whether it’s the hard way or the easy way. Listening and trusting your intuition is the easy way.

Tuning into your intuition can provide clear guidance in a confusing, scary time. Listening and following through on your intuition can take the fear out of any situation. As a life coach, I’ve seen miracles and I’ve been inspired by clients who have overcome horrific life challenges by tapping into their intuition.

To learn how well you are listening to your intuition, click here to take a test.

You can contact Vickie Champion for a complimentary coaching and consulting session.